Beckham
Both Feet on the Ground: An Autobiography
Excerpt
Chapter OneMurdering the Flowerbeds
'Mrs Beckham? Can David come and have a
game in the park?'
I'm sure Mum could dig it out of the pile: that first video of me in action.
There I am, David Robert Joseph Beckham, aged three, wearing the
new Manchester United uniform Dad had bought me for Christmas,
playing soccer in the front room of our house in Chingford. Twenty-five
years on, and Victoria could have filmed me having a kickabout this
morning with Brooklyn before I left for training. For all that so much has
happened during my life - and the shirt I'm wearing now is a different
color - some things haven't really changed at all.
As a father watching my own sons growing up, I get an idea of what
I must have been like as a boy; and reminders, as well, of what Dad
was like with me. As soon as I could walk, he made sure I had a ball
to kick. Maybe I didn't even wait for a ball. I remember when Brooklyn
had only just got the hang of standing up. We were messing around
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